{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Remove from you,” says he, “grief; for she is the\r\nsister of doubt and anger.” “How, sir,” say I, “is she the\r\nsister of these? for anger, doubt, and grief seem to be quite\r\ndifferent from each other.” “You are senseless, O man.\r\nDo you not perceive that grief is more wicked than all the\r\nspirits, and most terrible to the servants of God, and more\r\nthan all other spirits destroys man and crushes out the Holy\r\nSpirit, and yet, on the other hand, she saves him?” “I am\r\nsenseless, sir,” say I, “and do not understand these parables.\r\nFor how she can crush out, and on the other hand save, I do\r\nnot perceive.” “Listen,” says he. “Those who have never\r\nsearched for the truth, nor investigated the nature of the\r\nDivinity, but have simply believed, when they devote themselves\r\nto and become mixed up with business, and wealth,\r\nand heathen friendships, and many other actions of this world,<a id=\"r1668\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1668\"><sup>[1668]</sup></a>\r\ndo not perceive the parables of Divinity; for their minds are\r\ndarkened by these actions, and they are corrupted and become\r\ndried up. Even as beautiful vines, when they are neglected,\r\nare withered up by thorns and divers plants, so men who\r\nhave believed, and have afterwards fallen away into many of\r\nthose actions above mentioned, go astray in their minds, and\r\nlose all understanding in regard to righteousness; for if they\r\nhear of righteousness, their minds are occupied with their\r\nbusiness,<a id=\"r1669\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1669\"><sup>[1669]</sup></a> and they give no heed at all. Those, on the other\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_366\">366</span>hand, who have the fear of God, and search after Godhead\r\nand truth, and have their hearts turned to the Lord, quickly\r\nperceive and understand what is said to them, because they\r\nhave the fear of the Lord in them. For where the Lord\r\ndwells, there is much understanding. Cleave, then, to the\r\nLord, and you will understand and perceive all things.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT TENTH. Of grief, and not grieving the Spirit of God which is in us."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-705"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"9ffddc1cc0d68686ddd4c3389959f7b2e6271ed7dd7cae8ac41a1df5a9314e06","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1669","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1669","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1669\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1669\">1669</a>. </span><i>And ... business.</i> This part is omitted in the Leipsic Codex, and is\r\nsupplied from the Latin and Æthiopic translations.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1669","text_sha256":"2feb5e9a968e9508acb109ada242fb7090286db36f14c3ccd0d1d98ab5a119c3","verified":false,"work_id":null}